[Production of recombinant humanized anti-HBsAg Fab antibody by fermentation]

Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2004 Sep;20(5):800-4.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In order to produce recombinant human anti-HBsAg Fab antibody in Pichia pastoris, the recombinant yeast was fermented using fed-batch system in a 30 L bioreactor. The fermentation temperature was 30 degrees C, the pH was 5.0 approximately 5.3, and the DO was 20% approximately 30%. The recombinant Fab antibody was purified from crude culture supernatant by ion exchange and analyzed by SDS-PAGE and western blot and ELISA. When the absorbance (OD600) of broth reach 300 at the end of fed-batch phase, the induced phase was initiated. The results showed that recombinant human anti-HBsAg Fab antibody was high-level expressed in recombinant Pichia pastoris using a fed-batch fermentation system. Both chains of the Fab were successfully expressed upon methanol induction. After 192 h of induction, the expression level of recombinant Fab (soluble) reached 412 mg/L. The recombinant Fab antibody was purified effectively by ion-exchange chromatography from the fermentation supernatant to a purity of 95%. And the affinity activities of the purified recombinant Fab antibdy and fermentation supernatant were detected, and both of them showed high affinity activities. The results demonstrated that recombinant human anti-HBsAg Fab antibody could be high level produced by fed-batch fermentations in Pichia pastoris. Which can be efficiently used in industrial production.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fermentation*
  • Hepatitis B Antibodies / biosynthesis*
  • Hepatitis B Antibodies / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / biosynthesis*
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / isolation & purification
  • Pichia / genetics*
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Hepatitis B Antibodies
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
  • Recombinant Proteins